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Make a 4 or 8 page book from a single sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper.Use the book to share your experience of a certain place or a type of place. You may incorporate found or appropriated images if you wish. You may incorporate text, but I encourage you to use it sparingly. Please give your book a title.*Make 17 b&w copies - one for each of your classmates, one for you, and one for me.Have fun with this!

When you structure the book, consider one of the following formats:- A collection of related ideas- A sequence that develops page by page

Go on one of these two art field trips sometime in the next two weeks (or both!)

1. Visit the Art Shanty Projects on Medicine Lake. Think about how this playful community relates to some of the themes of our class: participation, uses of space, appropriation, etc. Be ready to discuss your experience. This is a fun place to visit with friends. This project is only open to the public on weekends so plan accordingly. Directions and complete information at: http://www.artshantyprojects.org/

2. If you are looking for something closer to home, visit the following exhibits, which are all at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis:

-Haegue Yang: Integrity of the Insider

-Robert Irwin: Slant/Light/Volume

*and, if you can make it before the show closes on January 24: visit Dan Graham's Beyond. This exhibit is particularly fun and interactive, so try to see it.

When you experience these pieces, consider how your presence and participation is central to the work.